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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Visit of Indian Delegation led by Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to Agriculture Research Organization , Volcani Institute, Israel
The Indian delegation led by Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar visited Agricultural Research Organization , Volcani Institute of Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on 10th May 2022. Shri Tomar interacted with the experts of ARO on various issues related to technological advancements in agriculture in Indian context. The issues of deliberations include crop cultivation in protected environments, freshwater fish farming, advanced plant protection techniques, precision agriculture, remote sensing and post harvest science and technology, etc.
ARO, Volcani Institute along with its six institutes working under the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are responsible for academic and basic research in Plant Sciences, Animal Science, Plant Protection, Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, and Post Harvest and Food Sciences. Israel's Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops is also located on the ARO Volcani Center campus.
ARO focuses in particular on arid zone agriculture, enabling Israel - a country short of all the resources required for agriculture - to achieve among the highest levels of agricultural output in the world. ARO maintains close relations with the various international, regional and national institutes involved in the promotion of good agricultural practices and in particular with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization .
Nearly 60 Post-doctoral fellows from India are undertaking research activities in various institutes of ARO Volcani Centre. The fellowships are normally for the period from three months upto two years. The Indian delegation interacted with the Indian Post-doctoral Fellows and resource persons of ARO Volcani Centre on various issues related to modern agricultural technologies.
Ministry of Tourism
Union Minister of State for Tourism & Defence Shri Ajay Bhatt meets “Tourism Stakeholders of Karnataka” in Bengaluru.
Minister asks Tourism partners to make the best use of Government schemes to promote Tourism.
Union Minister of State for Tourism & Defence Shri Ajay Bhatt held a meeting with Tourism Stakeholders of Karnataka in Bengaluru today. Addressing the stakeholders the Minister said that facilities and schemes provided by the Union Government for the overall development of Tourism sector should be utilized to promote Tourism in the country. He called upon the stakeholders to identify and popularise the lesser known historical places in the State and provide more information about these spots to the tourists. Shri Ajay Bhatt also highlighted various schemes of the Union Government to promote the tourism sector in the country.
Representatives from Centre and State Governments, Travel Trade partners, Hoteliers, Guides and project Management team attended. During the interactions, the representatives put forward suggestions and opinions for overall development of the tourism and also cited the issues faced by the Tourism sector.
Prime Minister's Office
Construction of 17 kilometer long road from Khirkiya to Jataha Bazar will give further impetus to the development of Kushinagar: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that construction of 17 kilometer long road from Khirkiya to Jataha Bazar of Kushinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh will provide further impetus to the development of Kushinagar.
Responding to a tweet by Kushinagar MP, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“इससे कुशीनगर के विकास को और बल मिलेगा।”
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh releases the e-book Civil List-2022 of IAS officers in North Block today
The Minister says, reforms undertaken in the last 8 years pertains to both Governance reforms as well as practitioners of the reforms
Releasing the e-book Civil List-2022 of IAS officers at North Block today, Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that in the last 8 years, several pathbreaking reforms have been undertaken by the Department of Personnel & Training , which can be categorised as reforms related to Governance and reforms related to practitioners of governance.
Releasing the e-book Civil List-2022 of IAS officers in North Block today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the dynamic list will help in selecting the right officer for the right assignment based on available profile and is a vital source of information on the officers manning various posts for the general public. He said, the e-book IAS Civil list is an effort by the Department to contribute towards Digital India initiative of the Government of India.
Referring to governance reforms inspired and guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014, Dr Jitendra Singh listed out several out of box ideas like abolishing the century old colonial practice of attestation of documents by a gazetted officer and replacing it by self-attestation, doing away with interview for Group-B  and Group - C posts in the Central Government since 2016, three month Central stint for fresh IAS officers as Assistant Secretary, change in the nature of PM Excellence Award and abolition of around 1500 rules, which have become obsolete.
Similarly, the Minister pointed out that the Mission Karmayogi is the most revolutionary change pertaining to practitioners that is the civil servants. The e-book IAS Civil List also adds to the 2nd category of reforms.
This is the 67th edition of the Civil List and the second edition of e-book in pdf with unique search facilities and hyperlinking of contents for ease of access of information. The IAS Civil List contains vital information in respect of officers’ batch, cadre, present posting, pay scale, qualification and date of superannuation along with their overall cadre-wise strength, number of IAS officers retiring in next five years including number of IAS officers appointed based on Civil Servicers examination from 1969 onwards. The list also contains photographs of IAS officers.
The Department of Personnel and Training is the cadre controlling authority of IAS officers and the Civil List is prepared with the help of inputs received from the State Cadres. The e-book IAS Civil List, 2022 is also available on the website of the Department at https://dopt.gov.in.
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Vice President's Secretariat
Vice-President condoles the demise of the founder of Sulabh International, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
The Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed deep grief over the demise of renowned social activist and founder of Sulabh International, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak.
In a tweet, the Vice-President said:
"Deeply anguished by the demise of distinguished social activist and visionary founder of Sulabh International, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Ji. His relentless dedication to eradicating manual scavenging and advancing sanitation has uplifted countless lives. My thoughts and prayers are with his bereaved family members during this hour of grief."
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 184.92 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 15.67 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than 184.92 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 15.67 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
UPSC
UPSC clarification on result of Civil Services Examination, 2019.
It has been brought to the notice of the Union Public Service Commission that some misleading information is circulating regarding less number of recommended candidates against the vacancies indented by the Government for the Civil Services Examination, 2019.
For recruitment to the services/post under Civil Services Examination, the Commission strictly goes by the Rules of Examination as notified by the Government of India. It is hereby clarified that as against 927 vacancies for Civil Services Examination, 2019, the Commission, in the first instance, has released the result of 829 candidates and has also maintained a Reserve List in accordance with Rule-16  &  of Civil Services Examination Rules, 2019.
This is a standard practice since decades, so that in case candidates belonging to reserve categories who are selected at general standards, wish to choose services and cadre based on their reserve status if it is beneficial for them, the resultant vacancies may be filled up from the Reserve List. The Reserve List carries adequate number of candidates from the reserve categories also to cater to the shortfall arising out of preferences exercised by candidates belonging to reserve categories figuring above general standard. UPSC is mandated to keep the Reserve List confidential till the process of such exercise of preferences is over in accordance with Rule 16 of the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2019.
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Labour and Employment Ministry celebrates Iconic week as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav; Organises Awareness Programmes on Labour Laws
Mumbai, 11th March 2022
Ministry of Labour and Employment, organised awareness programmes on labour laws for the workmen and employers at the construction site of Hindustan Construction Company  at CST Metro station, Mumbai yesterday 10th March 2022. This programme was organised as part of its Iconic Week being observed from 7 to 13th March amid Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
Chief Guest and Chief Personnel Officer , Central Railway, K K Thakur, enlightened the audience as to how adherence to law contributes to national development.
Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner  DYCLC  , Mumbai, Tej Bahadur informed about the primary rights and duties of workmen and employers and sensitised them to follow the law in their own interest.
Assistant Labour Commissioner  Mumbai, Shradha Shrivastava presented a brief about the provisions of labour laws and the impact of implementation and non-implementation.
Assistant Labour Commissioner  Mumbai, Karuna Shribad and Labour Enforcement officer  Sonu Bura also participated in the program.
Pamphlets were distributed to workers to promote awareness about labour laws.
In this series the office of DYCLC, Mumbai also organised similar programmes at Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited  on 9th March,2022 and at Konkan Railways, Belapur on 8th March, 2022. Site Director, NPCIL, VK Sharma and Director Finance, KRCL Rajesh Bhadange, graced the occasion as chief guests.
Ministry of Steel
Steel Ministry to organize a “Chintan Shivir”: Towards a Vibrant, Efficient and Globally Competitive Indian Steel Sector
The Ministry of Steel is organizing a day long ‘Chintan Shivir’ on September 23, 2019 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. The Chintan Shivir aims to hold deliberations among key stakeholders to further the growth of Indian Steel industry by arriving at a strategy to make the Indian Steel sector vibrant, efficient, environment friendly and globally competitive.
The key objective of the day long ‘Chintan Shivir’ is to discuss opportunities of enhancing competitiveness of Indian Steel sector, facilitate capacity expansion & technology adoption, and augment demand for Indian Steel, both for domestic consumption as well as for exports.
Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Sh. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Sh. Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel and Sh. Binoy Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India would be participating in the Inaugural Session. Sh. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises along with Sh. Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel, Government of India will be addressing the gathering in the Valedictory Session.
Keeping in mind the key focus areas for the sector, various technical sessions have been crafted accordingly for the day. The first technical session on “Facilitating domestic capacity expansion with special reference to Secondary Steel Sector” will comprise of key stakeholders of the Secondary Steel Sector. This session will capture the opportunities & challenges in the sector and discuss upon how it can support the capacity expansion aligned to the targets of National Steel Policy 2017. The second session on the theme “Demand Generation, enhancing usage in various sectors” would focus on the demand drivers, defining the growth dynamics of Indian Steel Industry. The session will witness participation of stakeholders both from users as well as the steel producers. The third session on “Making India a hub for High Grade Steel” would deal with the challenges and opportunities pertaining to indigenous development of high-grade steel.
The conference will witness participation from policy makers, bureaucrats, steel PSUs, integrated steel producers, secondary steel producers, infrastructure developers, equipment manufacturers, user organizations & associations, academicians, secondary steel associations, logistics suppliers, steel consultants, among others.
The Chintan Shivir is organized by Ministry of Steel along with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry  and Joint Plant Committee as partners.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
220.66 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
3,647 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 66,170
Active cases stand at 0.15%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.67%
10,780 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,42,72,256
11,692 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
92.50 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 2,29,739 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Coal
Project Fulwari under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav To Strengthen Northern Coalfields’ Limited fight against Malnutrition in kids
Nothern Coalfields Ltd ,a Singrauli based Coal India arm under the Ministry of Coal is all set to start 75 “FulwariCenters” in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. Currently 25 centers are being run successfully with the strength of around 220 kids of the age between 6 months to 3 years.NCL has allocated an amount of Rs.128.86 lakhs under CSR to run this project successfully.
Under the direction of the Ministry of Coal, NCL management conceived and operationalized the Project Fulwari as a part of the Company’s sustainable business practices. The Company is striving for poverty alleviation, good health, well-being and quality education for the people of its command area.
Considering the facts found during the National Family Health Survey  regarding malnutrition inSingrauli district, NCL has signed an MoU with the District Administration,to start Project Fulwari. The mission aims to address the problem of malnutrition and associated physical and mental development issues of infants.
At FulwariCenters, the identified malnourished children are getting special attention to ensure that their weight, physical and mental progress meets the normal standards.
The arrangement of regular monitoring of their growth is also ensured. This initiative will give impetus to the Centre’s fight against malnutrition and its commitment towards Sustainable Social Development.
Apart from this, age-appropriate safe toys, early child care education training modules and other confidence-building measures are also arranged for the kids to ensure their cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development. ASHA workers of the villages provide Health care services to the kids. Timely vaccination of these targeted children is also arranged with the help of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife  of the village at the Fulwaricenters.
As part of a AzadikaAmritMahotsav celebration the Company is working towards ensuring nutritious food and the overall development of the kids. At this juncture, when the nation is observing National Nutrition Month 2021, the significance of NCL’s initiative towards mitigation of malnutrition in Singrauli District grows manifold.As of now, a total of 32 local people including25 women getdirect employment under this project, which will scale up as the number of centersincreases.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Prakash Magdum gets additional charge of Regional Outreach Bureau
Pune, 23 February 2021
Senior officer of Indian Information Service and Director, National Film Archives, Prakash Magdum, has been assigned the additional charge of Regional Outreach Bureau , Pune today, in addition to his existing portfolio. ROB operates under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The function of this department is to disseminate information about government schemes to the last section of the society and to create awareness through various means.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Growth of Exports of MSME Products
The growth of exports of products manufactured by MSME units has been 7.5%, during the financial year 2017-18. This was informed by Giriraj Singh, MoS  for the Ministry of MSME, in the Lok Sabha today. The Minister further informed that the growth had been -5.9%, and 4.8% during 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.
Giriraj Singh added that as per the information received from Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, the value of exports of MSME related products have been USD 130768.70 Million, USD 137068.80 Million, USD 147390.08 Million, USD 78519.91 Million during the financial year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 , respectively.
He also stated that the Government of India has taken several measures to improve competitiveness of Indian industry and to boost exports. These include efforts taken under National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme, Make in India initiatives, Ease of Doing Business, improvement in infrastructure and logistics, improved availability of credit, awareness programs and workshops, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme , Interest Equalisation Scheme on Pre & Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit and Niryat Bandhu Scheme.
In reply to another question the Minister said as per the information received from Central Statistics Office, the share of MSMEs in Gross Domestic Product at current prices has been 29.7%, 29.2% and 28.9%, during the financial year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, respectively. He further said that as per the 73rd Round of National Sample Survey , conducted by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, 1109.89 lakh persons were employed in unincorporated non-agricultural MSMEs, excluding construction.
Ministry of Defence
Air Force Day Parade 2018
The Indian Air Force is celebrating its 86th Anniversary on 08 Oct 2018. In the last eight decades, IAF has technologically evolved and grown in strength to thwart any threat to the nation. It is committed to safeguard the Indian skies and has played a key role in providing assistance to the people of the country during any natural calamity. Professionalism displayed by air-warriors during various international exercises reaffirms IAF’s ability to be an effective net security provider. On this day, all men and women of IAF pay rich tribute to the untiring efforts and supreme sacrifice made by veterans, who laid a strong foundation for the service.
To mark the occasion and in keeping up with the tradition, IAF has planned a grand Parade cum Investiture Ceremony at Air Force Station Hindan . Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff will review the parade. Various dignitaries and veterans will participate in the celebrations. The parade will be followed by a breath taking display by the Air Warrior Drill Team, wherein the team will showcase their weapon handling skills and carry out diverse manoeuvers with their rifles. This will be followed by a scintillating air display by wide range of IAF aircraft including our cherished Vintage flight.
The air display will commence with flag bearing sky divers of famous Akash Ganga Team, who will jump from an An-32 aircraft. Flypast will comprise of Mi-17 V5 and Rudra helicopters, Dornier, C-130J and C-17 transport aircraft, Jaguar, Bison, MiG-29, Mirage-2000 and SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft. Dakota, Tiger Moth and Harvard of the IAF Vintage flight will also participate in the flypast. Post flypast, Light Combat Aircraft  will carry out aerobatic display in front of the audience. The Ambassadors of Indian Air Force, Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team , comprising on nine Hawk 132 aircraft and the Helicopter aerobatics team, Sarang will enthrall the audience with breath taking formation aerobatics display. After the parade, all visitors will also get an opportunity to witness static display of aircraft, weapon, radar and missiles systems of the Indian Air Force.
Ministry of Finance
2 more arrested by DGGI Gurugram Unit for input tax credit fraud
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence  Gurugram Zonal Unit , Haryana, has earlier busted a case wherein total fake ITC of Rs 176 crore has been fraudulently passed on by Sh. Sanjay Goel, Prop of M/s. Redamancy World, and Sh. Deepak Sharma, the de–facto controller of 8 non-existent firms. Accordingly Sh. Sanjay Goel, Prop. of M/s. Redamancy World and Sh. Deepak Sharma has been already arrested by this office, in the matter. On further investigation role of two more key persons, Sh Manish Modi and Sh. Gaurav Agarwal has also been surfaced.
Based on details revealed by further investigation this office has arrested, Sh Manish Modi, Chartered Accountant, resident of Pitam Pura, New Delhi, on charges of creation of running racket of fake firm in order to fraudulently pass on fake Input Tax Credit , without actual supply of goods or services. It was found that Sh. Manish Modi is managing/controlling fake firms M/s. Nivaran Enterprises, and M/s Panchwati Enterprises through which he has fraudulently passed on fake ITC to the tune of Rs. 36 crore. Further he has also been found in possession of incriminating evidences indicating many more such firms might be controlled/managed by him for similar purpose, further investigation for same is under way.
Name of Sh. Gaurav Agarwal, Partner of M/s. Agarwal & Company  has also emerged as another key person involved in the instant racket of fraud ITC. He has fraudulently passed on fake Input Tax Credit  amounting to Rs 15 crore , thus has been arrested by this office on similar charges.
Accordingly, Shri Manish Modi and Sh. Gaurav Agarwal were arrested on 23.08.2021 and produced before, Duty MM Delhi, who ordered judicial custody for 14 days. Fake ITC of more than Rs 36 crore and 15 crore, respectively, fraudulently passed on by two persons.
Further investigations in the matter are under progress.